Lecture 01: Introduction
Department of Quantitative Theory and Methods
Emory University
26 August, 2024
Course repository: https://github.com/danilofreire/qtm350
Course website: https://danilofreire.github.io/qtm350
This course is hosted on GitHub, which serves as our central hub for lecture materials, code examples, discussions, assignments, and final project guidelines. We will use Canvas for course administration, including submitting assignments, accessing grades, and receiving announcements. Please take some time to get to know both platforms, and reach out if you have any questions.
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Please remember to check the course repository regularly for updates and announcements.
Visiting Assistant Professor in the QTM
MA from the Graduate Institute Geneva, PhD from King’s College London, Postdoc at Brown University, Senior Lecturer at the University of Lincoln, UK.
Research interests: computational social science, experimental methods, policy evaluation, political violence, organised crime.
Now it’s your turn! 👋
Please introduce yourself, tell us your name, your major, one thing you really like, and something we don’t know about your city or country! 😊
The teaching assistants for this course will be confirmed soon
They will be answering questions during our lectures and holding office hours (see Canvas or the course website for office hours information)
They will also be grading your assignments and quizzes (with my oversight)
We are all here to help you! So feel free to ask questions during class, office hours, or via email 😊
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And much more…
Syllabus: Available on our course repository and website. The course is designed to be self-contained. The syllabus includes links to slides and Jupyter Notebooks we will use in class, along with recommended readings, and problem sets. I will upload slides throughout the term as we progress.
Schedule: Lectures are on Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:30 to 3:45 pm
Office Hours: I’m available to meet you at any time. And I mean it. Please reach out a couple of days in advance and we can schedule a meeting
Materials:
Git: Version control system. Download it here. Instructions for installation here. Feel free to configure it if you wish (instructions here), but we are going to talk about it in class.
GitHub: Online platform for hosting code repositories. You will use it a lot, and not only for this class. Create an account on GitHub and register for a student/educator discount.
There is a series of tutorials available on our course website on how to set up Git and GitHub: https://danilofreire.github.io/qtm350/tutorials/tutorials.html
… and that’s all for today! 😊
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